Hose-coupling



(No Model.)

' W. B. DUNNING.

HOSE GOUPLING.

No. 309,444. Patented Deo. 16, 1884.

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VILLIAM B. DUNNING, OF GENEVA, NFJW YORK.

HOSEBCOUPLING.

PECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 309,444-, dated December 16, 1884.

Application filed March Q7, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM B. DUNNING, of Geneva, in the county of Ontario and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hose-Couplings; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention is an improved hose-coupling designed for the purpose of making a close and secure joint of inexpensive construction, and especially to secure facility in coupling and uneouplino'.

It consists, essentially, in forming the ends of the coupling in halves adapted to overlap each other, and in uniting the halves by a sleeve.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of the coupling. Figzfl shows a central longitudinal section of Fig. l, and Fig. 3 represents one of the tubular parts of the coupling detached. Fig. l is a modification showing the sleeve screw-threaded. I

rIlhe coupling is formed of three parts. The l tubular parts A A are halved, as shown at a c, to overlap the facing, being preferably serrated, as shown at b, in order to prevent them from separating. Each part is provided with a threaded portion, d, for connection with the hose. The overlapping' portions,when placed together, form a complete tube, the periphery of which is made, preferably, in aslight tapering form. Over this is fitted a sleeve, b,with

a tubular bore corresponding to the taper ol the two halves. rIhis sleeve maybe seated by driving it on with a light blow, and may be unseated in the same manner, which operation l may be very readily performed with any instrument adapted to give the blow.

In order to make the joint watertight, I may provide the tubular part with peripheral grooves and rubber bands e e, over which the 'sleeve tits when driven on.

I do not confine mysell to the serrated form of the faces oi the twoy halves, as other forms .may be used to hold the two parts together'.

Instead of the ends ofthe couplings and the interior of' the sleeve being simply tapering, they may be screw-threaded to correspond to each other, and thus be screwed inplace instead of driven. (See Fig. l.)

I claim as my inventlonl. A coupling composed of two lapping parts having an outer surface wholly tapering, and the sleeve for uniting the parts tapering throughout its length and corresponding to the taper ot' the lapping parts, and means whereby the coupling is held aga-'inst longitudinal disengagement, substantially as described.

2. The two halves A A, provided with the overlapping serrated parts aa, having atapering surface, in combination with the sleeve having a corresponding internal taper, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of' two subseribiug witnesses.

WM. B. DUNN IN G.

Vitliesses:

S. SoU'rHwoRri-r, CnAs. H. Rusrr. 

